Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 174 Victory in the First Battle
Ye Dacheng led the team to join in suddenly, and directly caught Zheng Jun's navy by surprise, not to mention causing them heavy losses, and the momentum of the pursuit was also stagnant.

Even if some escaped fish broke through the blockade, the fleet of the new army that was evacuating was fully capable of dealing with it.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong had just arrived with nearly [-] warships, and quickly gathered his forces to rush towards the end of the line of Ye Dacheng's fleet.

Zheng Zhilong has figured it out, and the strategy of black tiger digging out his heart is not suitable for the long linear formation of the navy of the new army.

If you rush directly to the center of the formation, you will be hit the hardest instead.

Because of rushing towards the center, the entire fleet of the new army had good shooting positions, and the warships of the Zheng army almost had to bear the firepower of the entire fleet.

So Zheng Zhilong immediately changed his mind and commanded the fleet to rush towards the second half of the new army's battle line formation.

In this case, due to the distance and shooting position of the first half, it will not be able to exert its maximum effect, which undoubtedly weakens the combat effectiveness of the new army formation.

Naturally, the movement trajectory of Zheng Jun's navy led by Zheng Zhilong could not be hidden from anyone. Ye Dacheng responded immediately. With an order, the signal flare was fired, and the entire fleet began to change course.

After a 180-degree turn, the fleet led by Zheng Zhilong rushed from the rear half of the New Army Navy to the front half at once.

After turning the ship around, the port side artillery that hadn't been fired just now can be unleashed crazily.

"Boom, boom, boom..." The front half of the battle line had the best firing angle, so they were the first to attack. The smoke filled the air, and the shells rained down like raindrops.

Shells weighing more than ten catties, twenty catties, and even thirty catties hit the ship, sending sawdust flying and shaking the whole ship.

The chain bullets cut off the human body and smashed the mast like the chopping knife of the shuttle.

The cannonballs rained bullets, and the whole ship was riddled with holes.

Zheng Jun's fleet, which was attacking, was really slapped in the face, and was beaten up for a while.

However, this is just the beginning.

After the battleship at the forefront of the battle line was bombarded, it quickly became the leader of the entire line, adjusting its direction and walking while loading shells.

The ships behind followed, aimed at the target immediately, bombarded violently, and then swam away with the front ship.

In this way, one after another, it can not only maintain the integrity of the formation, but also ensure the continuous output of firepower.

In a short period of time, the fleet led by Zheng Zhilong was completely baptized by the battle line of the fleet led by Ye Dacheng.

After the last warship of the new army sailed away, none of the Zheng army's intact warships rushed within [-] feet of the new army's fleet, and more than [-] ships rushed into this range with difficulty, but they had already It's scarred.

Most of them have lost effective power, and the crew and soldiers have suffered heavy losses, making it almost impossible to launch a counterattack.

But this was just the beginning. With an order, the signal flare was lifted into the sky, and the fleet led by Ye Dacheng quickly made a big turn, swam back and did it again.

Seeing that the new army fleet was about to turn around and start over again, Zheng Zhilong finally gave the order a little too much: "Retreat..."

I really didn't expect that this seemingly simple long line actually has such a magical effect. It goes back and forth, the port side hits the starboard side, and the starboard side hits the port side.

Repeatedly, like a slap in the face.

The artillery of the new army is powerful and numerous, much more powerful than the Dutch they fought at the beginning. This linear combat method is not as simple as it seems, on the contrary it is very clever.

The loss of sixty or seventy ships not only did not break this method of warfare, it even made it difficult to really approach.

With such a large loss, the loss of the new army is extremely small. The gap between the two sides is further narrowed.

Zheng Zhilong retreated, but Ye Dacheng did not pursue, because he saw other Zheng army ships starting to gather in the distance, and his own ammunition was consumed a lot, so he immediately turned to join the other team.

After Ye Dacheng left, Zheng Zhilong dispatched some ships to rescue the injured ships.

If it cannot be rescued, try to take away the personnel and materials above.

Ye Dacheng originally had a chance to capture a group of prisoners and seize some supplies, but he gave up on his own initiative. He doesn't have so much energy to capture the prisoners now, and he doesn't have extra personnel to take care of the prisoners and provide them with food and drink.

It is better to hand it directly to Zheng Zhilong. Zheng Zhilong has damaged so many ships, and transferring the personnel on these damaged ships to other ships will inevitably bring some burdens to other ships.

That is Zheng Zhilong's person, he can't do it unless he saves him, so Ye Dacheng is willing to give him a chance to save him.

The fleets of the two sides joined together again, and each roughly counted the losses.

In the new army, a [-]-ton ship with a displacement of more than [-] tons sank. It was abandoned after being hit by a red cannon on the lower edge of the hull, and sea water flooded in.

There were not many casualties on the ship, and they were all rescued in time, and most of the supplies were transferred to other ships. The only pity was the artillery on the ship, which could not be transferred because it was too heavy, and could only watch as it sank to the bottom of the sea.

In addition to this sunken ship, three more ships were seriously injured and withdrew from the battlefield, and more than a dozen other ships were slightly injured. After emergency repairs, the impact was not significant.

In terms of personnel, more than [-] people died, and more than [-] people were lightly or seriously injured.

The losses of Zheng Jun's naval division were much greater than those of the new army. Zheng Zhilong was unable to count the losses for a while, and roughly estimated that the damaged warships may exceed a hundred.

If you count the injured, there are at least two hundred ships.

As for the loss of personnel, it is impossible to count, and it is conservatively estimated that more than 2000 people.

Zheng Zhilong's heart was bleeding, and his heart was very heavy.

It seems that there is a shadow covering the entire Zheng Jun navy invisible.

Zheng Jun's navy did not disperse easily, and continued to sail towards Jinmen Island. They were not in the mood to care about the Xinjun navy following behind.

But Ye Dacheng naturally wouldn't let them go back so easily, and would send a fleet to harass them from time to time.

But this time, Zheng Jun's navy was no longer fooled, put up a defensive formation, and retreated while fighting.

In Zheng Zhilong's mind, although the battle lost a lot, it also consumed a lot of ammunition for the new army.

If you return to Kinmen, Zheng Jun's navy can be rested and replenished.

It may not be so easy for the new army's navy to be supplemented.

Moreover, there are forts deployed in many important places on the coast of Jinmen, all of which are red-clothed cannons weighing several thousand catties. As long as the sailors of the new army dare to approach, they will definitely suffer heavy losses.

But obviously, since Ye Dacheng had lured Zheng Zhilong out, he naturally didn't want him to go back with peace of mind.

Seeing how to seduce, Zheng Zhilong no longer took the initiative to attack, so he had to take the initiative.

A battle line composed of forty warships swept towards the left side of Zheng Jun's navy.

As for Ye Dacheng himself, he fell in the rear of Zheng Jun's navy and swept the formation. As long as Zheng Zhilong turned around and attacked his own fleet on the left with all his strength, he could attack its flank.

Unless Zheng Zhilong divides his forces, but in that case, I am afraid that the last battle scene will be staged again.

(End of this chapter)